Thanks to an early morning Tweet from Mobile-Review founder Eldar Murtazin, the internet is buzzing that Samsung may announce the Galaxy S IV as early as March 14th in New York City. Murtazin, a long time source for insider news has a mixed track record as of late, so it’s definitely a bit of rumor news we need to take with a grain of salt.

Interestingly enough, it was all the way back in September when a Samsung exec allegedly told the Korea Times that the company would launch their next-gen flagship in March. So, there is some cause to suspect that March is a practical timetable, but we’re still urging any Galaxy S IV rumors be taken with a grain of salt. More important is the idea that even if the device were to be announced in March, it’s possible we wouldn’t see the device arrive stateside for another month or two.

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Most rumors point to 6.3″, but that 4.99″ that the SIV will be has no bearing on it.

mikkej2k

Weird. GSIV. Looks like a new strain of something to be worried about.

Josue

5.999999 lmao

MatthewMurawski

They’re getting too big now. I got an OG Galaxy Note (5.3 inches) and was hoping to downsize just a little by getting the S4 when it came out. I’ll still probably get it though, the Note’s just slightly too big.

doboy

Smh….why……lol

moolahmitch

Love everything about this phone except the size and TouchWiz

Akulamenuri

So you love everything except holding the phone (size) and looking at the phone (Touchwiz). Both of those are pretty big…

Jose Hernandez

Man, best reply ever. kol

Josue

I thought Koreans hated the number 4

dats

That’s why the used IV instead of 4

Jose Hernandez

Why do they hate 4?

Josue

It’s a bad number I think

anonymoose

4 and 7 are bad numbers in Japan since one way of saying them sounds a lot like the word for death. 4 and 7 in Korean sound nothing like the Korean word for death.

carloslacend

I get back to tmobile and nothing would be better than the GS4

Impatient Waiter

JUST GIVE US THE RELEASE DATE ALREADY!!!!! My current MyTouch 4G gets slower and worse by the day, making the GS3 more and more appealing…but I’ve waited since November, I hope I can wait until this comes out. March 15 maybe? :P

Khalints

The trend seems to be that the phone gets released at least 1 month after the announcement at the earliest.

Jose Hernandez

That’s how I got my s3. Crapy HTC.

esst283

Omggggg if it can’t fit in my pocket I have no desire to buy it. It’s like it’s designed for women, to be carried in a purse.

ok

You mean to tell me that you say “Omggggg” and not carry a man purse?

abc

Maybe he likes skinny jeans and man purses. It’s 2013, who cares.

kev2684

stop wearing skinny jeans dude.

Whiskers

So we can all wear baggy clothes with your pants on the ground.
We all know where those originated from….

skinny jeans and slim jeans shouldnt be worn by guys anyway it was to show a woman curves now straight leg and loose leg is ok they really dont make baggy jeans

nycplayboy78

AMEN!!!!

Guest911

Good point. I see lots more women with the Note because it is such a good fit for the purse. Sure they are some guys who have the phone – but they have man purses.

LC

I’m using a Note 2 right now, and it fits ok in my work pants, which have smaller pockets than my jeans, and I’m a girl…the pockets men’s pants are typically larger than women’s pants so you shouldn’t have any problem.

The GSIII has a 4.8 inch display (Phonescoope) This rumor list the display size as 4.99 – this is bigger. Are you saying the overall phone is not going to increase but the display will?

thepanttherlady

Is it possible? Yes. There is room to increase the display/screen size without making the phone itself larger. Do I know if that’s what Samsung is doing? No. The article doesn’t give us actual phone dimensions so we shouldn’t assume anything just yet.

i meant screen size obviously lol … but truth be told i toyed with a Galaxy Note 2 over the weekend and the 5.5″ didn’t even seem big to me .. guess it’s all about the phone dimensions because that same size on the Note 1 seems huge.

abc

A 5 inch phone is not for everyone. I really wish this time when they release the mini version of the Galaxy 4, they don’t dumb the internal specs. Keep the same internal specs & resolution, just a smaller screen please on the S4 mini.

sushimane

Gezz I’m stuck in between note 2 nexus 4 and now the gs4.

galaxydude

Will the gs3 be available for monthly 4Gs subscribers to purchase after gs4 is released

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